<p>So i’ve been looking at Princeton and Carnegie Mellon supplement essays.
They both require “Why the major and why this school?” question.</p>
<p>I am completely lost in answering the latter.
Honestly, the only thing i can think of is…that they’re good schools and they provide better opportunities in the future…</p>
<p>Help me!!!</p>
<p>First off, the second part of your reason is false so don’t put that. A doctor from harvard vs a doctor from ku MAY get a better job but they is no gurantee of that. The person from ku might become a multi millionaire…it depends from person to person and colleges don’t like it when people say that their college will make them better than if they went somewhere else. But to answer your question…i would say something among the lines of how programs and clubs and the campus differs from others and it just seemed like home as you first stepped on campus. Cheesy? Yes. What they are looking for? Yes. They are looking for someone honest and someone who will do what they say they would do on the essay such as clubs abd organizations instead of some one who just sugar coats the essay. That’s just my two cents and please don’t take the first part in offense. I was just merely trying to point out the flaw in your statement so you would not make tyre mistake of writing about it.</p>
<p>No, I appreciate it.
You are right.</p>
<p>And so…if I’ve never been to the school, how can I find out what’s so unique about those schools?</p>
<p>Try researching their websites and mention specific things you find to be interesting about the school.</p>
<p>You should have already done some of this grunt work when you decided to apply to these schools. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, you can find out a great deal of information from student-run sites like u n i g o . c o m (delete spaces), the school website, or by contacting a current student (many schools provide for this kind of contact). </p>
<p>This kind of research is beneficial not only for the essay but for learning more about the school. I’ve discovered some great hidden programs of interest, whether or not schools have well-regarded lit mags or debate teams (both of interest to me), and where students end up after graduation–all valuable elements of the decision-making process.</p>